May 2013
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Governor's Boulevard Road Closure
Work on the Multi-Purpose Campus Trail, the Athletics and Recreation Centre and the new IT Centre, will necessitate the closing of Governor’s Boulevard until further notice, commencing Wednesday, May 15.
Access to preferred lots on the east side of the campus will continue from West 5th.
Delivery vehicles must also enter the campus from West 5th. Special Access will be provided for service,...
April 2013
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School of Justice and Wellness Opens Today
The School of Justice and Wellness, the repatriated Brantford (Elgin) Campus, is in the process of moving into their new location at Fennell Campus starting today, April 29, 2013.
The renewal of the C-Wing and old gymnasium include new collaborative spaces, faculty and administrative offices, laboratories and classrooms, and training areas for programs such as Public Safety and Security and...
From Tehran to Hamilton – Mohawk ELT student...
Tina (Fatameh) Dolatzadeh went from having it all, a great education, a nice car and a home, to starting from scratch when she and her husband left Iran for Canada last year.
Back home, Tina owned a small but successful chemical engineering business, but the deepening sanctions against the Iranian government over its disputed nuclear program were taking a toll on her business, making it hard to...
March 2013
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November 2012
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Mohawk begins work on first Academic Plan
Mohawk is breaking ground again, only this time it’s not shovels and hardhats that are doing the heavy lifting, it’s the faculty and staff at the College who are implementing Mohawk’s first Academic Plan.
Mohawk’s Board of Governors approved the plan in June after a year of consultations aimed at gathering input from everyone with a stake in the College’s future. The result is a plan that charts...
September 2012
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July 2012
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May 2012
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April 2012
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March 2012
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Mohawk College to welcome more than 465 students...
The 52nd Annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair gets underway at Mohawk College next week.
More than 465 students will showcase 334 projects at this year’s fair with the winners going to represent their schools at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown, P.E.I. as well as a chance to compete at the world-renowned Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which is being...
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Foreign-trained professional overcomes challenges...
Enhanced Language Training program helped Sonia Cabrales-Rueda find her dream job in Canada
When Sonia Cabrales-Rueda came to Canada from Columbia three years ago, she knew she’d face some challenges: a new country, a different language, and a culture she knew little about.
Instead of doing what many others in that situation do and seek out their own communities as a way to combat the anxieties...
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Mohawk helped make Donna Muir’s dream come true
Second Career student returns to class after 36 years
Donna Muir always wanted to go back to school. In January she got her wish.
After 36 years of being embarrassed by her lack of formal education, Donna took advantage of Ontario’s Second Career Program and enrolled in Mohawk’s Office Administration – Executive program, and started classes in January.
Coming back to school has been an...
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February 2012
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Mohawk and Sheridan Colleges launch groundbreaking...
Mohawk and Sheridan Colleges today formalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will improve access and ease of transfer between the two institutions. The MOU is the first of its kind in Ontario, and will see the two colleges explore opportunities to co-locate programs at each other’s campuses in their respective areas of academic strength.
The announcement was made at Sheridan’s Hazel...
The Joyce Foundation makes record donation for...
The Joyce Foundation is donating a record $1.5 million in support of financial need bursaries for Mohawk College students.
Through a provincial matching program, the Ron Joyce Access Bursary will total $2 million. Up to 18 students every year from high-need neighbourhoods will be awarded full-tuition bursaries.
The Ron Joyce Access Bursary is a key element in Mohawk’s Access Project, an...
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Mohawk hosts roundtable discussion on...
Mohawk’s Sustainability Office hosted a roundtable discussion at the Fennell Campus on the topic of sustainability.
In a first-time partnership with YEP Hamilton (the Young Entrepreneurs & Professionals division of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce), Mohawk welcomed two prominent environmental experts: Lynda Lukasik, Executive Director of Environment Hamilton; and Katie Altoft, VP Advisory...
January 2012
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December 2011
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McKeil School of Business makes history as first...
Blair McKeil, President and CEO of McKeil Marine at the official naming of the McKeil School of Business in November.
Blair McKeil becomes Mohawk’s first entrepreneur-in-residence
Hamilton-based McKeil Marine made the largest donation in company history to support the largest renewal project in the history of Mohawk College.
McKeil Marine’s $1 million donation to Mohawk included a $750,000...
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Innovation program sends local high school...
Glen Kinaschuk, Program Coordinator for the Electrical Engineering Technician - Power program teaches electrical engineering to students from MM Robinson High School in Burlington.
Specialist High Skills Major students come to Mohawk over Fall break
The decision to choose Mohawk College may have gotten a little easier for some area high school students enrolled in the Province’s Specialist High...
November 2011
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Mohawk’s environmental management plan calls for...
Mohawk College has committed to cutting carbon emissions in an environmental management plan believed to be the first among Ontario’s 24 public colleges.
On November 9, Mohawk’s Board of Governors voted unanimously to adopt the College’s first environmental management plan. The plan commits Mohawk to a 20 per cent reduction of 2007 baseline carbon emissions by 2020, exceeding the 15 per cent...
October 2011
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July 2011
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WIST program gives women exposure to opportunities...
Lisa Pozeg (l) and Nicky Kiczula plan to start a home reno business after they graduate from the Women in Skilled Trades program.
Lisa Pozeg and Nicky Kiczula were proud of their bathroom sink, and for good reason, it looked as good as any on one of those ubiquitous home improvement reality shows.
The pair had just completed the mock install on the second-to-last day of the introduction to...
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Valedictorian hopes his experience will inspire...
What am I doing here? That’s the question Terry Yeoman told his fellow College and Career Preparation graduates that he kept asking himself following his return to school after a 40-year absence.
The 59-old-year was one of 29 students to graduate from this year’s College and Career Prep program in Brantford. Terry was also this year’s Valedictorian, an honour he didn’t pursue and one that never...
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Deaf Empowerment Program student looks forward to continuing education at Mohawk this September
Colin Hayman has spent most of his life listening to others tell him what he couldn’t do. Now, after graduating from the Deaf Empowerment Program he plans to spend the rest of his life showing people what he can do.
This September the 36-year-old will start the two-year Electrical Engineering Technician...
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Mohawk College officially opened The Square at the Fennell Campus on Thursday, July 7, 2011.
June 2011
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Valedictorian hopes his experience will inspire...
What am I doing here? That’s the question Terry Yeoman told his fellow College and Career Preparation graduates that he kept asking himself following his return to school after a 40-year absence.
The 59-old-year was one of 29 students to graduate from this year’s College and Career Prep program in Brantford. Terry was also this year’s Valedictorian, an honour he didn’t pursue and one that never...
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Patternator shows growers how simple changes can...
Jason Deveau (left), of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs and Richard Dupp, an instructor with Mohawk’s Industrial Millwright Mechanic program show off the Patternator.
Jason Deveau is on a mission to show Ontario growers how proper maintenance and set-up of pesticide spraying equipment can reduce waste, save money and help the environment, and with a little help...
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Special needs pilot program a success
Social Service Worker graduate Chad Quackenbush (front right) has been leading a pilot program between Mohawk College and Westdale Secondary School.
Pilot could lead to new program at Mohawk
As a six-week pilot program to introduce local high school students with special needs to life at college comes to an end, everyone involved hopes that the tremendous success of the program will lead...
May 2011
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Prepare to be “OutSmarted”
Every family has one, that person who knows everything, that human encyclopedia that can call up obscure facts at will and dominate the game table every time you play Trivial Pursuit on New Year’s Eve. But what if there was a game that levelled the playing field – a game where it doesn’t matter if you know that the “pound” key on your keyboard is called an “octothorpe”. Thanks to some Mohawk...
